# Plane Crashes into Beijng's Tallest Building **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [June 27, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crashes-into-beijngs-tallest-building/1031216 "2026-06-27T00:46:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crashes-into-beijngs-tallest-building/1031216/1 "2026-06-27T00:46:57Z")
[From Reuters:](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/beijing-steps-up-police-presence-around-citys-tallest-tower-reuters-witnesses-2026-06-26/) > [@](#): > > BEIJING, June 26 (Reuters) - An aircraft about the size of a car crashed ​into Beijing’s tallest building on Friday, witnesses told Reuters, with police closing off roads around the ‌skyscraper and authorities giving no information about the incident. > > The building, known as CITIC Tower or China Zun, is a 108-storey skyscraper in Beijing’s central business district. It is the headquarters of the state-owned conglomerate CITIC Group. > > There was a heavy police presence at the site, with ​some approach roads closed to cars. > > Two glass panels on a high floor were damaged. There was no immediate ​official comment or response to a request for information sent to the city government outside ⁠business hours. > > A courier standing among people who had gathered near the building said he had rushed over to CITIC ​Tower around 6 p.m. local time (1000 GMT) from a nearby location after hearing a loud crash as an aircraft ​about the size of a car hit it. > > “It was so loud – louder than fireworks,” he said. & > [@](#): > > It was unclear if the crash was deliberate or accidental. Airspace is heavily restricted in downtown Beijing. > > One of the bystanders at ⁠the scene ​told Reuters he heard the loud crash too, and that “it’s very strange ​for a plane to fly into this area.” > > A police officer later told Reuters journalists to leave. Asked why, the officer said: “We all know why!” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crashes-into-beijngs-tallest-building/1031216/2 "2026-06-27T01:00:55Z")
Obviously this is awful, but based on the headline I was expecting something a lot worse: [![](https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/19388271_062626-kgo-ap-beijing-plane-skyscraper-split-img.jpg) ](https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/19388271_062626-kgo-ap-beijing-plane-skyscraper-split-img.jpg) [![](https://ynet-pic1.yit.co.il/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto/picserver6/crop_images/2026/06/26/rJ3ZTe3fMe/rJ3ZTe3fMe_0_0_2224_1483_0_x-large.jpg) ](https://ynet-pic1.yit.co.il/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto/picserver6/crop_images/2026/06/26/rJ3ZTe3fMe/rJ3ZTe3fMe_0_0_2224_1483_0_x-large.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crashes-into-beijngs-tallest-building/1031216/3 "2026-06-27T01:08:57Z")
“An aircraft the size of a car” is a very small airplane. It’s also a weird way to describe a conventional winged airplane. I wonder if it was a drone. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crashes-into-beijngs-tallest-building/1031216/4 "2026-06-27T01:14:16Z")
Man, I’ve worked crappy office jobs before. Can you imagine sitting there, listening to your coworkers having some inane conversation, rolling your eyes at yet another meeting that could’ve been a damn email and _BAM!!_ a friggin’ plane crashes through the window. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crashes-into-beijngs-tallest-building/1031216/5 "2026-06-27T01:19:57Z")
A number of sites say the plane was [Sunward SA 60L Aurora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunward_SA_60L_Aurora), a one pilot and one passenger craft. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crashes-into-beijngs-tallest-building/1031216/6 "2026-06-27T02:46:25Z")
Now with a wingspan of 28’ & only two broken windows in the building. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crashes-into-beijngs-tallest-building/1031216/7 "2026-06-27T05:54:33Z")
Tagged as breaking news ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crashes-into-beijngs-tallest-building/1031216/8 "2026-06-28T01:31:14Z")
[Evidently the Chinese government has released some information on the event.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/small-plane-slammed-tallest-skyscraper-095613857.html) > [@](#): > > On Friday afternoon a small plane appeared to evade some of the world’s strictest aviation controls and slam into the tallest skyscraper in Beijing, the 109-story CITIC Tower that dominates the city’s skyline, killing the pilot and injuring 13 other people. > > The crash sent shards of glass and aircraft debris plummeting hundreds of feet down to the streets below as office workers left for the weekend, causing panic in the heart of China’s most protected city. > > A short while later, it was like nothing had happened. > > All references to the incident – and the shocking footage of it – had been scrubbed from Chinese social media. The government initially did not publicly acknowledge any incident had taken place. State media – including the country’s national broadcaster CCTV, headquartered across the road from the crash site – made no mention of the incident. > > That’s thanks to the work of China’s army of censors and the Communist authorities’ obsessive control over information – particularly concerning events they believe may bring negative attention or consequences > > The information vacuum left a host of unanswered questions for those who witnessed the event, or saw reports of it. For almost a day it was unknown how many people were injured in the incident. > > On Saturday afternoon local time, media affiliated with the Beijing government reported a “single-engine double-seat light sports aircraft collided with a high-rise building in flight,” and that the pilot – the only person on board – had been killed and 13 people injured at the scene. The incident was being “investigated,” it said. > > It’s still unknown whether the crash was accidental or intentional. So, one person dead and thirteen injured. And the national news service is across the street. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crashes-into-beijngs-tallest-building/1031216/9 "2026-06-28T14:27:29Z")
I read that in Marissa Tomei’s “My Cousin Vinny” voice. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crashes-into-beijngs-tallest-building/1031216/10 "2026-06-29T04:50:29Z")
That’s how I meant it! I’m so tickled that someone caught the vague reference.